Usually i go first for my favourite personality type or most attractive. Then go down the routes depending on who i like most to least. But sometimes a route that i thought i wouldn't enjoy surprises me and turns out to be one of my favorites so o try to keep an open mind
As i don't have much extra money mostly the price and whether i'll like the game enough to replay it. It makes the chances higher if the game has an element of voice acting or great art.
I guess it depends on the story and the choices themselves/outcomes. i don't mind if the limited choices are because of the branching and that every different choice has a different outcome at some point. but if it's only 2 choices with both having no effect then it gets boring
i usually use the default name unless i dislike it or it reminds me of someone i know IRL and don't like. or some games after i start playing and get to know the MC and the setting and feel that another name suits her better
I actually replay a lot of my most favourites specially when i can't find any new interesting ones or i'm in a mood to read something but have no mental energy to take in a new story and world
A character, no i just skip their route.
but if it's a plot i don't like/doesn't make sense/triggers me in some way then yes that can cause me to skip a whole game
Yeah, that made me actually not play Demos over there unless i know the developer is reliable and updates regularly or has done games before and actually finished them in a reasonable time frame 😆😭
I don't like it, when i read i like to get immersed in the story and the characters and when there is mini games it just takes me out of the story and stresses me out.
ooooh, i have so many games i love a lot were already mentioned so i'll mention some of the others.
The Traded Groom
has mature content but a short and sweet game, i was really surprised how much i liked it.
Evernight
one of my favourite games ever with amazing art and really fleshed out...
don't really like younger LIs as they seem very childish too me which makes me very uncomfortable. i even dislike older characters that look young or childish, just creeps me out
if i love the story i usually finish all routes as i enjoy staying in the world longer, but if the story is meh, i just do the routes i'm interested in
i hate it, specially if there is no warning in the game description about that happening, usually if i see that a RO has a route like that i avoid it, i just can't deal with it as i play these games to escape real life tragedies.